The Property Industry Experts’ advice to the Chancellor for the Autumn Statement:

Carol Peett (left) of West Wales Property Finders hit out at the current stamp duty system for being “completely ill thought out”, a view shared by many, including Richard Bernstone, director at Aston Chase, who would like to see Hammond “consider scrapping SDLT altogether” and replacing it with a ‘measured’ land transfer tax payable by the vendor”.”